Tie-plate.



W. GOLDIE, JR. TIE PLATE. APPLICATION FILED DEO.3,1907.

PatentedFeb. 2, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onrron.

TIE PLATE'.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Pat'ent'ed'Febr 2, 1909.

Applicationfiled. December3, 1907'. SerialzNb. 404,933;

To" all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GoLnIE, Jrr, a resident of Bay- @ity, in the county of Bay and-State of'Michigamhave invented a newand useful Improvementin Tie-Plates and form of tie plate-adapted to giveanexceedingly firm or strong connectionbetween the tie plate and the tie.

In the manufacture of what'are known'as claw tie plates the practice has been-to-roll the bar from which the plates are formed with flanges extending along eachside near the; edges, then toshear away'thesurplus metal of the flange so forming the claws, and; thentosh'arpen the claws by'an oblique shearing In making such claw lat'es-ha ving integral claws, on account-oft e peculiar section ofbar, serious difiiculty has been encountered in rolling the bar with sulii'ciently deepflanges-onthe lower surface to-form-the Their manufacture has alsobeen costlybecause the greater portion of? the meta-l of theflanges-sorolled was cut away'in' forming" the claws, involving great waste; of' metal andexpensive handling; The tie? plates have also had finther objections; for

example, it" was impracticable to sharpen the claws by shearing it the flanges and claws were formed any great distancein: from the edge ofthe. plate, as the projecting edge of the plate interferes withthe downward stroke of the shearing die in sharpening the claws, and therefore th'e claws" could notbe formed as far under the plate as desirable, that is, could not wellbe brought under or 40 nearto the-portion of the plate-on which the rail'. rested The most desirable form- 0t claw was pointed or' \l'-shaped', and when produced from the integral flange it had its cutting edges along the inner face of the claw and had inclines on the opposite or outer face thereof, such claws beingproducedby shearingthemetal obliquely and'in the direction of the length or the claw, the tie platebeing held at an incline over a die In order" to resist the downward and outward stress brought onthe tie plate it is desirable. that the claw shall have abroadfiat outer faceto gi'vera positive beari'ngj against the solid and unb'ent' fibers of p the tie, and while the sharpcuttingedges of theintegral claw" were adapted'to form such' a face, it wasiorrnedon the inner, that is, the wrong sideof the claw. because the outer in bend baclr the fiberini front of them and so disturb: it instead of forming the desirable solid sheared face toresist such outward stress; I

By my 'invention I am enabled to improvethese tie plates inthe above points, roviding a tie plateless-expensive to manu acture, and making it possible tohave the claws brought near tooreven under thepart-of the plate on which the rail rests, whilelam also enabled to locate the cutting edges onthe ;claws in such way as to give it the greatest power to resist lateral strain.

It consists, generally stated; in a railroad witha slot" extending through the same, in combination with a separate claw pin extending through theslot and permanently fastened therein and having a projecting portion below the plate body to enter into. the tie;- the claw in its preferred form having a relatively thick body extending through the slot-and riveted therein, and a thinner body portion extending below the 831116170} enterbefore being riveted within the late I' am enabled to'rnal'ie the claw of'any ength, and to locate the claw in any position desired; such as with. its flat face toward theouter {edge of thetieplate so that; in use itW-ill cut inthe tiea clean seat'for its-outer f'ace, giving the st'rong'support' of 'theunbent' fiber to sustain the same against" outer" or lateral strain. It alse consists in certain other improve ments hereinafter more fully set-forth.

, In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is aperspective viewof the plate; Fig. 2 isa like new oil the same ininverted position; Fig. 3" is a cross section showing the plate as apjplied' to the tie; Fig. is anenlarged deta' cross section through the tie plate and claw pin, Fig; 5 is adetail cross section at right angles toFig. i and Fig; 6 isa viewof the tieplate illustrating the same with the claws seated under the rails;

The plate body 1 is-rolled as an ordinary bar, and maybe formed of any desired section, havingpreferably theshoulder. 2 on its upper face toreceive the outward lateral thrust of the rail body; This forms an exceedingly' cheap and easy section to roll. The tie plates are out from" thisbar; andthe tie plate having" abody portion provided the tie and as the claws may be sharpened" ?clined faces of the claw would 'nccessarily bar at thesame timeis punched, being-pm vided with the ordinary spike holes 4, and also having formed in it a number of slots 5 corresponding to the number of claws desired in the plate, it being practicable to locate the same at any desired place in the plate body except of course directly under the shoulder 2, though, as shown, the claws can be brought very close to this shoulder and in proper downward diagonal position to sustain the downwardand outward strain in carrying the heavy load of the passing train. In each such slot 5 is permanently secured the claw pin 6, the most suitable way of fastening the claw in place being by riveting the plate and claw body together. The claw has preferably the head 7, the relatively thick body portion 8, and the thinner claw portion 9. The claw extends beyond the bottom of the plate for any depth desired, there being no limit u on the length of claw, and it being possib e to obtain a much deeper one than when the claws are formed from flanges rolled integral with the bar, and to form a sharper cutting edge thereon.

In general practice as shown in the draw ing I prefer to place the claws at the outer side of the plate close up to the shoulder 2, as shown at 10, 10, and as so placed the claws where they project through the tie plate are on the natural inclined line of stress from the shoulder through the tie plate into the tie, being located in proper position to sustain the downward and outward strain when brought upon the plate in carrying the load. They also cooperate with the wide extension 3 of the plate beyond the shoulder 2 in distributing to the tie the outward and downward stress brought upon the plate, and revent rapid cutting or wearing of thep ate into the tie. The claws 11 at the inner side of the plate may of course be placed in like position, or in any desired position according to the width of the plate. They are illustrated as being closer to the inner edge of the late than are the claws 10 to the outer edge.

he claw ortions 9 are shown as of triangular form, aving on one side the fiat face 11 and the cutting edges 12, and on the other side the inclined faces 13 and the part 14 above them. It will be noticed that each claw at the outer side of the plate has its flat face 11 toward the outer edge of the plate. This enables the cutting edges to cut into the tie body in line with that flat face 11, severing the fiber so as to leave a solid supporting wall against which this outer flat face of the claw presses, so giving a solid cleanly cut and unbent face in the tie to sustain outward strain on the tie plate; the wood fiber necessary to form the mortise for the claw being bent back by the inclined faces 13 and so traveling onto the opposite or inner face 14 of the claw. The claws at the inner edge of the plate are illustrated as arranged in the same way, that is, with their flat faces tothe lower portion 9 forming the projecting part of the claw above described. This up )er portion 8 projects slightly below the body of the plate, as at 15, and so provides metal for riveting to hold the claw in lace. In order to provide a flaring seat to receive the metal so spread I may roll upon the lower face of the tie plate the slight V-SllflTlCKl projecting ribs 16 which extend a slight distance beyond the lower face and when the slot 5 is punched into the plate its lower edges will register with the inner faces of these ribs and so form seats 17 into which the lower edges 15 of the thick body portion 8 of the claw may be spread in riveting to place. Another suitable way of riveting the claw is illustrated in Fig. 6, in which the claw 18 is provided with side depressions 19 at the base of its thick body portion, into which the metal of the plate may be riveted to hold the claw in place.

The. claws employed in connection with the plate can be made rapidly and at low cost, it only requiring the rolling of a bar of the desired section, the cutting of the same to pro er length, and then the oblique shearing of t 1e lower end to form the points. In this way there is no waste of metal except in pointing the claws. Theplate can be quickly made, the rolled bars being cut to length and punched at one time, and it only requiring the insertion of the claw pins in their sockets and the riveting of the claws in place, an operation which can be quickly and practically automatically erformed as described in an application filed by me of even date herewith, Serial No. 404,932. It is also evident that these claws can be secured in any part of the )late according to the desire of the user. 11 Fig. 6 I have illustrated the placing of the claws directly under the rail, the only requirement in such case being that the claws shall be riveted so as to be lluslr with or below the top surface of the plate.

What I claim is:

1. A railroad tie plate having a body portion provided with a slot extending through the same, in combination with a claw pin extending through the slot and permanently fastened in the plate and having a projecting portion below the plate body to enter into the tie.

2. A railroad tie plate having a body por tion provided with a slot extending through the same, in combination with a claw pin extending through the slot and riveted therein and having a projecting portion below the plate body to enter'into the tie.

3. A railroad tie plate having a body portion provided with a slot extending through the same, in combination with a claw in having a thick portion fitting within the s 0t and held therein by riveting and a thinner body ortion extending below the same to enter t e tie.

4. A railroad tie plate having a body portion provided with a slot extending through the same, in combination with a claw pin extending throu h the slot and permanently fastened in the p ate and having a projecting portion below the late'body having a sharp ened edge adapte to enter the tie.

5. A railroad tie plate having a body portion rovided on its upper face with an integra shoulder to receive the outward thrust of the rail, and a claw located between said shoulder and the outer edge of the plate and having a flat face toward the outer edge of the plate and inclined faces on the opposite side of the claw so as to provide it with sharpened edges.

6. A railroad tie plate having a body por-; tion provided on its upper face with an integra shoulder to receive the outward thrust of the rail, and having beyond and out of line with but close to said shoulder and set back from the outer edge of the plate a claw projecting downwardly from the plate.

7. A railroad tie plate having a body portion provided with a slot extending through the same and having V-shaped projections on its lower face at the margins of said slot, in combination with a claw pin having a thick portion extending through and fitting in the slot, and a thinner portion extending below the same to enter the tie, the lower edge of the thick portion being spread betvlveen the said ribs on the lower face of the p ate. 7

V In testimony whereof, I the said WILLIAM GoLDIE Junior have hereunto set my hand.

I WILLIAM GOLDIE, JR. Witnesses:

ROBERT C. TOTTEN,

J. R. KELLER. 

